Get IP of running docker container

README.md

Get docker container IP address by name

Installation

mkdir -p $HOME/bin
wget -O ~/bin/docker-container-ip https://gist.github.com/Lewiscowles1986/2c80f1e510152b461eae5c501a00a195/raw/6b60245035ee63a025db20e287f89d74db08b356/docker-network-ip
chmod +x ~/bin/docker-container-ip

Troubleshooting: You may additionally need to run the following command to ensure the script is available in your path. Additionally you need write-permissions for your $HOME folder

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

Usage

docker-container-ip {container-name}

docker-network-ip

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
        echo "Must provide a name"
        exit 1
fi

#
# uses https://stackoverflow.com/a/20686101/1548557
#
docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' $1